Archives - 11 May 2017, Thursday

Israel has been extensively involved in making bombing runs in Yemen. The 2015 downed 2 F16 jets in Yemen were of Israeli origin. These jets reported use tactical neutron bombs and target general civilians in the area. F16s were shot down over Yemen. When the wreckage was examined, bo...

President Trump says the Navy should abandon longstanding plans for electro-magnetic catapults for carrier aviation and return to the traditional steam-powered launch and recovery system, according to the president's interview with TIME . In the interview, Trump was asked about the fu...

May sales of Her First Knight by Livia Quinn go to veterans charities. He's a veteran and a billionaire with a passion for soldiers. But will it cost him everything? Her First Knight by Livia Quinn. Today's featured book is Her First Knight, a military romance by Livia Quinn, a May fu...

A massive buildup of U.S., British and Jordanian armored vehicles at the Zarqa Jordanian military base near the Syrian border — depicted in photos circulating on social media — is for an annual training exercise called Eager Lion, not an invasion of southern Syria, according to offici...

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators will introduce a new Veterans Affairs accountability legislation Thursday that features a sped-up firing process for misbehaving employees, a mechanism for stripping those workers of ill-gotten bonuses, and an endorsement from key congressio...

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Laser-armed Stryker at Fort Sill. During a recent Army exercise, a prototype laser shot down so many drones that its operator started losing count. “I took down, I want to say, twelve?” Staff Sgt. Eric Davis told reporters. “It was extremely effective.” The Army has made air defense a...

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WASHINGTON -- Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin has promised a host of changes at his department, and now he’s also pledging to do it on a tight budget. “I’m planting the flag that we are not going to be able to go back to Congress and ask for these types of large (budget) incr...

US-backed forces have liberated the city of Tabqah, the Tabqah Dam and an airfield from the Islamic State, according to Central Command (CENTCOM) and Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR). The operations were “completed” yesterday (May 10) with the surrende...

It’s time to be honest about the Guard and the Reserve — despite their name and low-commitment reputation, it’s been a long time since serving as a member of the Reserve component, or RC, has truly consisted of one weekend a month and two weeks of training in the summer. The RC has be...

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A new study has identified what happens in the brains of veterans with post-traumatic stress as they have trouble refocusing their attention and regulating their emotions – and offers hope for some effective treatments, according to one of study’s lead authors. “There is some hope, be...

While he was trying to figure out who exactly the Windsor files belonged to and just how they’d wound up on a completely naked folder on the internet, Adam called David Chudnovsky, the world-renowned mathematician and IMAS co-director at NYU. Reaching Chudnovsky was a cinch, because h...

[ Editor's note: The following is a guest commentary by U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and U.S. Rep, Phil Roe (R-TN) .] The vast majority of Americans value their jobs and understand they are accountable for their work. They know that if they perform poorly, t...

Wither grow the existing LCS yards for greater capability in a new larger design, or send the employees to someone else who can. “The Navy’s own analytic team concluded back in 2014 that these vessels would require expensive upgrades to meet the same survivability standards as the cur...

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they were pretty damn specific on its location. and we can assume this was a hornet with the old mechanical radar too. we can also assume it was a wargame. and we also know that this is the old AWACS, not the upgraded models flying now. death spiral? yeah its coming. have you noticed ...

As it should have, the Obama administration used diplomacy first in an attempt to persuade Russia to abide by its obligations. This approach was met with denials and ridiculous counter-accusations, including Russian assertions that U.S. missile defenses—deployed in Romania in 2015 and...

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2017 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for Patriot PAC-3 and GEM-T missiles. The estimated cost is $2 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency deliv...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon's intelligence chief says the work of U.S. and NATO forces to stabilize Afghanistan is at risk of being squandered. Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, the Defense Intelligence Agency's director, is telling a Senate panel the U.S. must do "something very different" in ...

The Army will celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Day on May 12, 2017 and recognize Army spouses for their tremendous loyalty, strength, and commitment to Soldiers and today's Army. Military Spouse Appreciation Day as part of the National Military Appreciation Month is an annual ob...

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Russia and India agreed to take forward collaborative projects in a range of sectors, including nuclear energy and joint projects in third countries, as the two sides prepared for a Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin on June 1. They took stock of ...

ANKARA— The Turkish government is about to finalize its efforts to ink two major naval export deals totaling between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, official sources said on condition of strict anonymity. “This will be the largest ever export deal for Turkey’s local industry,” one source...

The defence unit of Airbus expects the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to begin testing the company's Zephyr-S very-high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in late 2017, a company executive told Jane's , adding that the system will be delivered to the MoD before the e...

Army testers are working on a more powerful laser to shoot down enemy drones. Soldiers at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, recently tested drone resupply, short-range air defense, precision targeting and anti-drone lasers, Training and Doctrine Command officials said Wednesday. The 5kW Stryker-mo...

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“We are extending our strategic review of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers to make sure everyone — from our Veterans and their caregivers to our employees who work with them — has clear guidance on enrollment criteria for the program,” said VA Secretary Dr...

NIINISALO, Finland -- U.S. troopers from the 2nd Cavalry Regiment are training with Finnish and Norwegian Soldiers for the Finnish Army's exercise Arrow 17 in Pohjankangas, here, May 2-13. The mechanized armor exercise's objective is to enhance interoperability and capability of mecha...

The Army will celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Day on May 12, 2017 and recognize Army spouses for their tremendous loyalty, strength, and commitment to Soldiers and today's Army. Military Spouse Appreciation Day as part of the National Military Appreciation Month is an annual ob...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Germany for its outstanding contributions to NATO in talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday (11 May 2017). The two leaders discussed preparations for the upcoming meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels on 25 May, where bu...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. must "do something very different" in Afghanistan, such as placing American military advisers closer to the front lines of battle, or risk squandering all that has been invested there in recent years, the head of the Pentagon's military intelligence agency said T...

We proudly support all the men and women who have dedicate their lives to defend our Freedom! This Military Truck Diaper Cake is perfect for any baby shower. It makes a great Baby shower centerpiece or gift that will surely display your love for our military. Each creations is loaded ...

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